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But the bone-dry cabin air and the altitude can really mess things up.—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 17 June 2025 The actor-writer-director, who is 31 and uses they/she pronouns, has spent the last decade or so as a niche internet presence, going viral periodically on Twitter (and then X) and TikTok with satirical front-facing videos and bone-dry one-liners.—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2025 Bacchus, bone-dry, slumps in the center of a stagnant green pool clutching fistfuls of limp grapes; none of the fountains is turned on.—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025 The resulting wines range from bone-dry and structured to fruity, floral, and slightly sweet.—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for bone-dry
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